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Tieline Announces Strategic Partnership With NETIA

Partnership Includes Integration of Tieline Report-IT Enterprise With NETIA

PERTH, Western Australia - April 4, 2013 - Tieline, the Codec Company, today announced a strategic partnership with market-leading content management solution provider NETIA, which includes the integration of Report-IT Enterprise with NETIA's software solutions for managing and broadcasting radio content. This partnership delivers improved workflows to both Tieline and NETIA customers for ingest of news content and enhanced tools for mobile journalists in the field.

Both organisations worked closely with one of their mutual customers, ABC Australia, to integrate the ingest of recorded Report-IT audio files into NETIA's Radio-Assist' using FTP sharing. Tieline has also integrated iSnippet, NETIA's latest Radio-Assist TM editing tool, into Report-IT Enterprise for iPhone®/iPad®.

"Clearly Tieline's partnership with NETIA opens up an entirely new world of opportunities for mobile journalism by making it easier and faster for journalists to get their stories to air via NETIA Radio-Assist systems. Journalists now also have access to improved and streamlined report editing capabilities with the integration of NETIA's iSnippet editing application into Report-IT Enterprise for iPhone and iPad," said Charlie Gawley, vice president of sales, APAC/EMEA for Tieline. "For engineers and all radio news stakeholders, this will deliver improved workflows which reduce time, effort, and costs."

The range of editing tools available within Radio-Assist automation products is now available for iOS devices. Sharing the same look and ergonomic principles as the desktop interface, the new iPhone®- and iPad®-compatible iSnippet,tool allows field reporters and other remote users to enjoy Radio-Assist audio editing capabilities - familiar from the desktop - on their portable devices."As the world moves increasingly towards the use of mobile devices, we are delighted to work with Tieline to deliver broadcast solutions on portable devices to bring a new level of flexibility for news operators working remotely," said NETIA.The Report-IT Enterprise application for iPhone® and iPad® allows reporters and announcers to send live broadcast-quality IP audio wirelessly from any remote location to a Tieline IP codec in the studio. Report-IT can also broadcast live and record at the same time, so audio can be sent in real time to a Tieline codec in the studio, or uploaded via FTP sharing to a news server with no codec required in the studio.About Tieline

Tieline supplies high-quality STL, audio distribution and remote broadcast digital audio codecs. The company has won numerous awards for innovation in technology and thousands of customers around the world rely on Tieline codecs every single day for reliable broadcast solutions. The company has offices in North America and Australia, supporting a global distribution network spanning the Americas, Europe, UK, Africa, Asia, Middle East and Australasia. Tieline Technology, Tieline Technology logo are trademarks of Tieline Pty Ltd. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.About NETIA

NETIA is a leading provider of software solutions that enable efficient management and delivery of content to today's full array of media platforms. Relied on by more than 10,000 users in 200 installations in more than 40 countries, NETIA solutions allow content producers and owners to manage content from ingest to delivery, targeting multiplatform outlets including the Internet, VOD, IPTV services, and mobile devices.NETIA provides content management solutions to major radio and television brands and to multimedia groups around the world. Clients include SBS and ABC in Australia, RAI Italy, France Telecom/Orange, MediaCorp Singapore, RTL France, Radio Globo in Brazil, RTM Malaysia, Radio France, the Associated Press, and France Televisions. NETIA has its headquarters in France, with offices in Northern America, Paris, Rome, and Singapore, in addition to a global network of professional distribution partners.